Hakodate Racecourse(函館競馬場, Hakodate-keibajō) is a horse racing track in Hakodate, Japan, built in 1896. During 2008 and 2009, Hakodate Racecourse was closed for renovation and refurbishment of the grandstand. Work was completed in June 2010. As part of this refurbishment, Mitsubishi Electric installed a Diamond Vision Screen. Races that were supposed to be held at Hakodate during that period were moved to Sapporo Racecourse. Hakodate Racecourse has both a grass course, and a dirt course.

Physical attributes

Main Turf Course

1000m, 1200m, 1700m, 1800m, 2000m, and 2600m races are run on the Main turf Course.

LengthWidth
A-course 1,627mA-course 29m
B-course 1,652mB-course 25m
C-course 1,677mC-course 21m

Dirt Course

1000m, 1700m, and 2400m races run on the dirt oval.

LengthWidth
1,476m20m

Notable races

MonthRaceDistanceAge/Sex
Grade III
JuneHakodate Sprint StakesTurf 1200m3yo +
JulyHakodate Nisai StakesTurf 1200m2yo
JulyHakodate Kinen (Handicap)Turf 2000m3yo +

Track records

Source:

  • † Reference Time.
  • Last updated on July 2, 2022.

Turf course (2yo)

DistanceTimeRacehorseSexWeightJockeyDate Recorded
1000m57.2Hagino Top LadyFilly52kgKiyoaki UenoAugust 12, 1979
1200m1:08.7Mon FavoriFilly54kgYutaka TakeJune 20, 2020
1700m1:43.8Win StoneColt53kgTakaaki SugaharaAugust 30, 1986
1800m1:48.3VictoriaFilly54kgYasunari IwataJuly 22, 2018
2000m2:03.9†RondFilly54kgYutaka TakeAugust 1, 2021

Turf course (3yo+)

DistanceTimeRacehorseSexWeightJockeyDate Recorded
1000m57.0Solo SingerMare 453kgHirofumi ShiiJune 22, 1997
1200m1:06.6Ka PilinaFilly 455kgKeita TosakiJune 14, 2025
1700m1:41.0Keishu LeaderHorse 457kgYoshiyasu TajimaAugust 14, 1983
1800m1:45.7CrocosmiaMare 456kgYasunari IwataJune 18, 2017
2000m1:57.6Veloce EraHorse 456kgDaisuke SasakiJune 29, 2025
2600m2:37.3Meisho GardenMare 455kgKyōsuke KokubunJune 17, 2017

Dirt course (2yo)

DistanceTimeRacehorseSexWeightJockeyDate Recorded
1000m57.9M FourColt51kgMiku KobayashiJuly 5, 2025
1700m1:47.3Kazu LaponianColt54kgKazuo YokoyamaJuly 24, 2021

Dirt course (3yo+)

DistanceTimeRacehorseSexWeightJockeyDate Recorded
1000m57.7EpigraphColt 354kgMikio MatsunagaJuly 23, 2000
1700m1:41.7Monde ClasseHorse 557kgKosei MiuraJune 25, 2016
2400m2:32.2Yamano MatakaHorse 557kgYūji TannaiJuly 2, 2022
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